[Lista_geral_asl] CFP: Thematic Series on Free and Open Source Software Development - Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA)

[Igor Steinmacher]

*Thematic Series on Free and Open Source Software Development*

SpringerOpen Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA)

Paper Submission: March 1, 2016


*Guest Editors*
    Brian Fitzpatrick - Lero Irish Software Research Centre - Ireland (
bf at lero.ie)
    Gregorio Robles - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Spain (grex at gsyc.urjc.es
)
    Igor Steinmacher - Federal University of Technology - Paraná - Brazil (
igorfs at utfpr.edu.br)
    Tony Wasserman - Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley - USA (
tonyw at cmu.edu)


*MOTIVATION*Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is now a significant
component in the software industry and is recognized as an important area
of research within Software Engineering and related disciplines. The FOSS
movement has a major impact on how organizations work and how individuals
create, distribute, acquire and use software. FOSS development continues to
grow, and its development model serves as a foundation for business,
collaboration processes, software engineering practices, IT management. On
the other hand, the movement has introduced new challenges, especially in
relation to openness and the innovative nature of this development model.

This JISA Thematic Series seeks innovative contributions to research and
development of Free and Open Source Software Development. The goal is to
establish the state of the art for knowledge in this area, and define a
research agenda for, creating a source of reference for researchers and
practitioners.


*TOPICS OF INTEREST*In this Thematic Series, we are seeking for original
contributions of different types, including theoretical foundations,
practical, empirical, and conceptual studies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

    Social/Human aspects of FOSS development
        Cultivating/developing open source communities
        FOSS intellectual property, copyrights and licensing
        Joining process
        Cultural aspects of FOSS communities
        Social networks analysis of FOSS communities

    FOSS practices and methods
        FOSS and traditional/agile development methods
        FOSS and decentralized development
        Knowledge and documentation management in FOSS
        Using mining software repositories techniques to manage and
investigate FOSS processes and practices

    FOSS and innovation
        The role of FOSS in innovative processes
        FOSS and crowdsourcing
        FOSS-based startups
        Expanding scientific research and technology development methods
through openness
        New application areas in FOSS
        Application of FOSS in the Smart Cities context

    FOSS adoption in commercial and non-commercial settings
        Success cases of migration to FOSS systems
        Adoption of FOSS practices in commercial projects - inner source
        Effects of commercial involvement on FOSS sustainability
        Experiences of relicensing existing closed-source software as a FOSS
        Case studies of FOSS deployment

    FOSS and Education
        Teaching FOSS at all levels of education
        Project Based Learning using FOSS projects

    FOSS Infrastructure (underlying technology and applications)
        FOSS and the Internet of the future
        FOSS and cloud computing
        Using FOSS in cluster computing and MapReduce
        FOSS noSQL databases
        FOSS and the Internet of Things



*SUBMISSION*Manuscripts are submitted online as per instructions at
http://www.jisajournal.com/manuscript. JISA is an international Open Access
journal from SpringerOpen. So far, JISA papers have had a relatively high
impact (http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=1869-0238&tip=iss). It
adopts the Open Access policy, allowing free access to the papers, while
the authors retain the copyright of their papers. Several repositories
index the journal, such as Scholar, SCOPUS, INSPEC, Academic OneFile, DBLP,
DOAJ, EI-Compendex, OCLC, SCImago, and Summon by Serial Solutions.

There is no minimum or maximum length restriction for papers. However,
reviewers will weigh the contribution of a paper relative to its length.
Papers should report research thoroughly but succinctly. A typical length
is around 15 pages in the Springer template format. Papers whose length is
incommensurate with their contribution may be rejected. Although not
mandatory, authors are encouraged to refer to related papers published
recently in JISA to help build the consistency of the journal.

It is the wish of the JISA board that all quality papers will be published
in the journal independent of the funding capacity of the authors. Thus, if
the authors are unable to pay  the open access APC charge, we request that
they contact Prof. Igor Steinmacher so that a waiver can be  granted.




*SUBMISSION SCHEDULE- Submission Deadline:* March 1, 2016
*- First response from reviewers:* May 15, 2016



*QUESTIONS?*
If you have any questions about the suitability of your manuscript or any
other query related to this call do not hesitate to contact the Thematic
Series editors.

--Igor Fabio Steinmacher, Ph.D.
Professor in Dept. of Computing at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do
Paraná
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